Weather Alert Watch
Moderate Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement for Southern Coos; Northern Grafton; Northern Carroll +9 more

At 1148 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Calais to near Orange. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could...

NHSouthern Coos; Northern Grafton; Northern Carroll; Southern Grafton; Southern Carroll; Sullivan; Merrimack; Belknap; Cheshire; Eastern Hillsborough; Interior Rockingham; Western And Central Hillsborough

Official alert brief

At 1148 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Calais to near Orange. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Keene, Laconia, Claremont, Lebanon, Franklin, Littleton, Jaffrey, Henniker, Lancaster, Bethlehem, Lincoln, New London, Plymouth, Merrimack, Moultonborough, and Meredith. This includes the following highways... Interstate 293 between mile markers 1 and 11. Interstate 89 between mile markers 0 and 60. Interstate 93 between mile markers 12 and 131.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.